PINCHERS. Rogues who, in changing money, by dexterity
of hand frequently secrete two or three shillings out of
the change of a guinea. This species of roguery is called
the pinch, or pinching lay.

To PINK. To stab or wound with a small sword: probably
derived from the holes formerly cut in both men and women's
clothes, called pinking. Pink of the fashion; the
top of the mode. To pink and wink; frequently winking
the eyes through a weakness in them.